Literary usage of Since

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1.The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)"But, sir, said the old gentleman, how could you guesa that I am such a man, since
I came from such a place ? Stupified ones Great. ..."

2.The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)"Chr. How came that about, since you were now reformed 1 Hope. ... Another thing
that hath troubled me, inku't/st even since my late amendments, is, ..."